How do you guys combat getting discouraged as pit bull owners? My boyfriend loves Toby. And thanks to Toby, had a pretty decent opinion of pit bulls. Unfortunately, all that he's seen OTHER than Toby has been at work (pet retailer) and the pit bulls that come in there are usually either skinny bitches that look like they popped out way too many litters and short and wide intact males. The owners that come in are prime examples of the people that give pit bulls a bad name. I've actually had a guy ask me where our chain harnesses are because he needs one for his pit that keeps breaking all of her tie out harnesses because her pup dances around the edge of her perimeter and she lunges at him all day. It's never ending with people like that.
Despite all of that, Toby had shaped a nice opinion of pit bulls for him. Tonight he texted me a picture of a dog (I could hardly see it on my crap phone) and said this pit bull weighs over a hundred pounds and nearly took his arm off (whether he means that by snapping at him or pulling, I am not sure). He said that he finally "gets it" now and believes that Toby and all of our dogs on here (I tell him about your dogs all the time! haha) are the exceptions. The owner of the dog gets $1000 every time he takes him to breed. I told my boyfriend he should have been like "Wow, really? That is impressive! What titles does he have? How are his health screenings?"
In a way, it feels like he is right. Some days it really feels like the idiots outnumber the responsible owners (in fact, I am sure they do). And the poorly bred and trained "pit bulls" outnumber the loving, loyal dogs that we know. When it feels like the whole world is against pit bulls some days, what do you tell yourself so you don't get discouraged?